WORKER AB– USE BY DIPLOMATS A PROBLEM, ADVOCATES SAY
By COLLEEN LONG FILE – In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, Nahar Alam, second from right, a former domestic worker from Bangladesh, gestures towards the Indian Consulate in New…
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AS NEW FILM MECCAS FLOURISH, ARTISTS BECOME NOMADS
By RYAN NAKASHIMA and NICK PERRY In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 Raffael Dickreuter, a 32-year-old freelance pre-visualization artist who was born in Switzerland, poses at his workstation…
PA. COURT REVERSES CHURCH OFFICIAL’S CONVICTION
By MARYCLAIRE DALE FILE – In this March 27, 2012 file photo, Monsignor William Lynn leaves the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia. Lynn, a Roman Catholic church official, who has…
PILEUPS BLOCK TURNPIKE, INTERSTATE IN EASTERN PA.
Vehicles are piled up at mile marker 286 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, a mile outside Reading, Pa., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Portions of both the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate…
UNOS TO OVERSEE HAND, FACE TRANSPLANTS LIKE ORGANS
By LAURAN NEERGAARD This photo taken Dec. 20, 2013 shows double hand transplant recipient, Lindsay Aronson Ess, working on her dexterity during a physical therapy session in Richmond, Va. Sure…
OBAMA SIGNS BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL, DEFENSE BILL
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama speaks to members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in Kaneohe Bay,…
3 TURKISH CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN OVER PROBE
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak…
HEALTH CARE DIVIDES SOME REPUBLICAN SENATE RIVALS
By BILL BARROW FILE – In this March 20, 2010 file photo, Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., speaks to people demonstrating against the health care bill on the U.S. Capitol steps…